2011 Election forum

Steamboat Springs City Council candidate Kevin Kaminski visits with the crowd prior to Thursday night's election forum at the Steamboat Springs Community Center.
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Steamboat Springs City Council candidate John Fielding speaks during an election forum at the Steamboat Springs Community Center.
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Steamboat Springs City Council candidate Daryl Levin addresses the crowd at an election forum Thursday night at Steamboat Spring Community Center.
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Steamboat Springs City Council candidate Dave Moloney addresses the crowd at the Steamboat Springs Community Center during an election forum Thursday evening.
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Steamboat Springs City Council candidate Scott Myller laughs during an election forum Thursday night while addressing the crowd at the Steamboat Springs Community Center.
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Steamboat Springs City Council candidate Rich Levy addresses the crowd at the Steamboat Springs Community Center during an election forum Thursday evening sponsored by the Steamboat Pilot & Today, the Steamboat Springs Board of Realtors, The Routt County Democrats and the Routt County Republicans.
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Dr. Kelly Victory speaks along with Kevin Fisher, co-owner of Steamboat Springs dispensary Rocky Mountain Remedies, during an election forum held Thursday at the Steamboat Springs Community Center. Victory, along with Lisa Watts, is supporting a ballot measure to ban medical marijuana businesses in Steamboat Springs.
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Steamboat Springs School Board Vice President Brian Kelly speaks in favor of Proposition 103 on Thursday night at an election forum at the Steamboat Springs Community Center. Chuck McConnell, chair of the Routt County Republicans, spoke against the proposition later in the night.
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Rob Perlman, who is with the Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp., speaks at an election forum in favor of Referendum 2B , which would raise the city sales tax by 0.25 percent to pay for airline revenue guarantees.
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Steamboat Springs City Council candidate Dave Moloney addresses the crowd at the Steamboat Springs Community Center during an election forum Thursday evening. His opponent, Sonja Macys, was unable to be at the forum but spoke to the crowd using Skype.
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Kevin Fisher, co-owner of Steamboat Springs dispensary Rocky Mountain Remedies, spoke on behalf of Sensible Steamboat at an election forum Thursday night at the Steamboat Springs Community Center. The committee opposes the ballot measure to ban medical marijuana businesses in Steamboat Springs. Dr. Kelly Victory, who spoke in support of the medical marijuana business ban, is seated next to Fisher.
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A large crowd of local residents showed up at the Steamboat Springs Community Center on Thursday night to listen as candidates for Steamboat Springs School Board and Steamboat Springs City Council speak at an election forum sponsored by the Steamboat Pilot & Today, Routt County Democratic Party, the Routt County Republicans and the Steamboat Springs Board of Realtors.
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Steamboat Springs School Board candidate Rebecca Williams speaks at Thursday night’s forum at the Steamboat Springs Community Center.
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Steamboat Springs School Board candidate Sandra Sharp speaks at Thursday night’s forum at the Steamboat Springs Community Center.
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Steamboat Springs resident Ed Miklus warns voters to look closely at Referendum 2B , which would raise the city sales tax by 0.25 to pay for airline revenue guarantees, during a election forum Thursday night at the Steamboat Springs Community Center.
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